Project approach: the essence and features of application in public administration
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.35774/visnyk2024.02.082Keywords:
project approach, public management, project, project management, signs of project approachAbstract
Introduction. The application of the project approach in the field of public administration is a fairly effective means of improving the main economic indicators of not only state but also regional development. Projects implemented by public authorities are important in the process of development of the national economic system and act as a fairly effective management tool. Implementation of projects activates the target orientation of the public management system; provides an absolute and permanent solution to various problems in the field of economy, ecology, social security, etc.; achieving the defined goal of social development in the country.
Purpose of the research. Disclosure of the essence and features of the application of the project approach in the field of public administration.
Research metods. In the process of writing this article, the following methods were used: analysis and synthesis, generalization method, comparative method and systematization method, system analysis method, logical and dialectical method.
Results. The essence of the project approach in the field of public administration, which acts as a rather effective means of improving the main economic indicators of not only state, but also regional development, is revealed. The essence of the concept of «project» has been defined and it has been clarified that the project is a certain document that provides, through the use of special tools and methodology, the description, argumentation and detailing of certain activities in relation to the achievement of a predetermined and long-awaited goal together with a clearly defined resource base with a specific time frame . The essence of the concept of «project management» was revealed and it was established that «project management» is a short-term managerial and professional activity associated with planning, organization, stimulation and control over the appropriate use of all types of resource provision due to the application of a complex of special methodologies and tools in the process achievement of pre-defined goals within the defined project implementation period. The main features of the project approach in the field of public administration are given.
Perspectives. Prospects for further research consist in substantiating the expediency of analyzing the effectiveness of implementing a project approach in managing the activities of local self-government bodies and territorial communities.
References
Batenko, L. P. & Notevskyi, Ye. V. Proiektnyi menedzhment yak vazhlyvyi upravlinskyi instrument u diialnosti obiednanykh terytorialnykh hromad [Project management as an important management tool in the activities of united territorial communities]. Retrited from https://ir.kneu.edu.ua/server/api/core/bitstreams/e74d6124-ba10-4a3f-bf6e- be2cdc9297f0/content [in Ukrainian].
Verba, V. A. & Zahorodnikh, O. A. (2010). Proektnyi analiz [Project management]. Kyiv : KNEU [in Ukrainian].
Babaiev, V. M. & Torkatiuk, V. I. Proektnyi pidkhid v mekhanizmi derzhavnoho upravlinnia [Project approach in the mechanism of public administration]. Retrited from https://eprints.kname.edu.ua/29745/1/50.pdf [in Ukrainian].
Obushna, N. I. (2023). Upravlinnia proiektamy v publichnii sferi: teoretyko-praktychnyi aspekt [Project management in the public sphere: theoretical and practical aspects]. Naukovi perspektyvy – Scientific perspectives, 1 (31), 137-148 [in Ukrainian].
Chemerys, A. (2012). Rozroblennia ta upravlinnia proektamy u publichnii sferi: yevropeiskyi vymir dlia Ukrainy [Development and management of projects in the public sphere: the European dimension for Ukraine]. Kyiv: Sofiia-A [in Ukrainian].
Kavtysh, O. P. & Honcharuk, A. R. (2011). Proektnyi menedzhment yak efektyvnyi instrument sotsialno-ekonomichnoho rozvytku terytorii v Ukraini [Project management as an effective tool socio-economic development of territories in Ukraine]. Suchasni problemy ekonomiky i pidpryiemnytstvo - Modern problems of the economy and entrepreneurship, 8, 25-33 [in Ukrainian].
Burimenko, Yu. I., Halan, L. V., Lebediev, I. Iu. & Shchurovska, A. Iu. (2017). Upravlinnia proektamy [Project management]. Odesa: ONAZ im. O. S. Popova [in Ukrainian].
Starchenko, H. (2017). Proaktyvne upravlinnia proektamy v publichnii sferi [Proactive project management in the public sphere]. Publichne administruvannia: naukovi doslidzhennia ta rozvytok – Public administration: scientific research and development, 2, 84-91 [in Ukrainian].
Zotov, O. V. (2010). Proekt, upravlinnia proektom: osnovni poniattia, subiekty derzhavnoho upravlinnia [Project, project management: basic concepts, subjects of public administration]. Derzhavne upravlinnia: udoskonalennia ta rozvytok – Public administration: improvement and development, 8. Retrited from http://www.dy.nayka. com.ua/?op=1&z=171 [in Ukrainian].
Rychkina, L. (2015). Tendentsii ta perspektyvy zastosuvannia proektnoho menedzhmentu dlia rozvytku terytorialnykh hromad [Trends and prospects of project management application for the development of territorial communities]. Efektyvnist derzhavnoho upravlinnia – Efficiency of public administration, 44, 178-183 [in Ukrainian].
Obushna, N. I. (2023). Upravlinnia proiektamy v publichnii sferi: teoretyko-praktychnyi aspekt [Project management in the public sphere: theoretical and practical aspects]. Naukovi perspektyvy – Scientific perspectives, 1 (31), 137-148 [in Ukrainian].
Syvak, T. V. & Matiushenko, O. V. Zastosuvannia proektnoho pidkhodu u protsesi pidhotovky publichnykh sluzhbovtsiv v Ukraini [Application of the project approach in the process of training public servants in Ukraine]. Retrited from https://www. researchgate.net/profile/Tetyana-Syvak/publication/349297501_THE_PROJECT_ APPROACH_IN_THE_PROCESSOF_PUBLIC_SERVANTS_TRAINING_IN_ UKRAINE/links/6028f6074585158939a25e29/THE-PROJECT-APPROACH-IN-THE- PROCESS-OF-PUBLIC-SERVANTS-TRAINING-IN-UKRAINE.pdf [in Ukrainian].
Babaiev, V. M. & Torkatiuk, V. I. Proektnyi pidkhid v mekhanizmi derzhavnoho upravlinnia [Project approach in the mechanism of public administration]. Retrited from https://eprints.kname.edu.ua/29745/1/50.pdf [in Ukrainian].
Shulyk, Yu. V. (2022). Zastosuvannia proiektnoho menedzhmentu u publichnomu upravlinni v Ukraini [Application of project management in public administration in Ukraine]. Naukovi zapysky Natsionalnoho universytetu “Ostrozka akademiia” – Scientific notes of the National University “Ostroh Academy”, 24(52), 68-75 [in Ukrainian].
